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GYGLE SKATE. No. 540,036. Patented May 28, 1895.

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CYCLE-SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,036, dated May 28,1895. v

' Application filed October 4:, 1894. Serial No. 524,921. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALPHA O. VERY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inCycle-Skates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cycle skates, the object beingto provide a construction which will permit the use of but a singlewheel under the sole and a single wheel under the heel, both in the samelongitudinal plane, and which, moreover, will permit the employmentadvantageously of wheels very much larger than has been common in rollerskates, from which the present device is to be distinguished by peculiarcharacteristics which do not pertain to roller skates; and the inventionotherwise has as its object to attain advantages in point of strength,durability, simplicity, and practicability and economy of construction,all as will become more manifest by reason of the descriptionhereinafter contained.

The invention consists in constructions and combinations of parts, allsubstantially as will hereinafter fully appear and be set forth in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of theimproved cycle-skate. Fig. 2 is a side view of the upright barscomprising a modified construction to be hereinafter mentioned. Fig. 3is a perspective view of the framingfor the cycle-skate. Fig. 4 is aperspective view showing still another detail form of construction atthe joint of the upright bars.

In the drawings, A represents the framing comprising the front fork, a,the rear fork, b, and the diagonally arranged and crossing side pairs,d, d, of uniting bars. Each fork consists of the legs, 10, 10, and theuniting transverse top or crown, 12. Each of the side bars, d, extendsfrom near the top of the fork leg, at which it is bolted, or otherwisesecurely aflfiixed, to the lower extremity of the other fork leg. Thetransverse tie-bar, f, extends between the crossing pairs of side bars,d, d, andfirmly unites them. The extremities of the said tie-bar arenecked down forming shoulders, one of which is seen at 15, Fig. 3, andoutside of such shoulders the said extremities are screw-threaded, andthey pass through perforations in the crossing side-bars and are firmlyheld by the nuts, 16, screwed upon their protruding end portions, firmlyclamping the bars between them and the said shoulders.

C, the front and rear wheels being in the same central longitudinalplane.

The wheels employed are comparatively large and preferably comprisemetallic rims and inflatable valved pneumatic tires, although cushiontires or solid rubber tires may be employed if desired.

Ball bearings may be applied between the hubs of the wheels and theaxles, which are held immovably at the lower corners of the frame.

The forks, united the one to the other by the cross-tied side-bars asdescribed, have at their tops the sole and heel rest-plates, h, h, whichare provided with the clamps indicated in a general manner at i and ibut no novelty is comprised in the particular construction of theclamping devices. The rear fork has rigidly secured thereto and risingthereabove the bars, j, j, to extend along the sides of the leg andthese bars comprise,'as to their upper portions, the pivotally jointedmembers, or extensions, j 7' These pivoted members have at their topsthe metallic eyes, jij for the engagement, therewith, of the strap, is,which binds the upright bars to the leg. By pivotally jointing theupright bars, as shown, the free movements at the ankle are not impeded.

Means are provided to limit, within proper bounds, the extent of theswinging movements of the upper pivoted members, j, j, which means, asseen in Fig. 1, consist in providing a stud, m, on the lower bar member,j, above the pivotal connection, Z, for the upper bar member which studprotrudes through the arc-slot, n, formed, above the pivot, in the uppermembers, j The same end is attained Each fork carries by and between thelegs thereof, an axle, g, for a single wheel,

by the construction shown in Fig. 2, wherein the stud, m is seen belowthe pivot, Z and the upper bar member, 9' has below the pivot the forkedextension, M, which widely embraces the stud. V In Fig. 4. the joint isshown between the members, j, j of the upright bar as without roo themeans for limiting the extent of the swinging movement of the upper,relative to the lower, member. In this construction it will be perceivedthat the pivot, Z, is quite a little distance below the upper end of thelower member, j, so that the one member may, by the other, be steadiedagainst lateral distortion.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patout, is

1. In a cycle-skate, in combination, a front fork, and a rear fork, bothwith single wheels mounted therewithin in a coinciding longitudinalplane, diagonally arranged crossing bars rigidly uniting the legs of theforks at each side, a transverse tie-bar connecting the opposite pairsof sidebars at their crossing points, and appliances provided at theupper portions of the forks for securing the cycleskate to the foot,substantially as described. 2. In a cycle skate, in combination, a frontfork and a rear fork and side-bars rigidly uniting them, a single wheelmounted within each fork, sole and heel plates, with clamps, at the topsof the forks,"and bars rigidly connected to, and rising above each sideof the rear fork to extend along the" sides of the leg and comprising,as to their upper portions, pivotally jointed members which are capableof forward and rearward swinging movements, means for limiting theextent of swinging movements of said pivoted members, and the top strap,substantially as described.

ALPHA O. VERY. Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLOWS, K. I. CLEMONS.

